Heisman Trophy

The selection of junior cornerback Vernon Hargreaves to the media's preseason All-SEC team was a no-brainer. So much so the two-time All-SEC pick was the leading vote-getter among defensive players and second overall only to Georgia tailback Nick Chubb, a Heisman Trophy hopeful. Hargreaves received 186 votes, three fewer than Chubb and five more than Alabama linebacker Reggie Ragland. LSU tailback Leonard Fournette had 180 votes, the only other SEC player to reach that plateau. Hargreaves enters what everyone expects to be his final season at UF before he leaves for the NFL. He has six career interceptions and 24 pass break-ups to anchor a secondary that could...

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